ˌfäthə(r)ˈgilə noun
Etymology: New Latin, from John Fothergill died 1780 British physician and botanist
1. capitalized : a small genus (family Hamamelidaceae) of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States that have alternate coarsely toothed leaves with petioles and stipules and bear white apetalous flowers in terminal heads or spikes
2. -s : any plant of the genus Fothergilla — called also witch alder